رَبِّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ
'My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannaah'
(At-Tahreem 66:11)


Saturday, June 2, 2012

Purifiying the hearts

Fawaa'id: Points of Benefit by Imaam Ibnul Qayyim al Jawziyyah 


"There is no doubt that the heart becomes covered with rust, just as metal dishes-silver, & their like- become rusty. So the rust of the heart is polished with dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), for dhikr polishes the heart until it becomes like a shiny mirror. 
However, when dhikr is abandoned, the rust returns, & when it commences then the heart again begins to be cleansed. 

Thus the heart becoming rusty is due to two matters: 
Sins & Ahafah (neglecting the remembrance of Allaah). 

Likewise, it is cleansed & polished by two things: 
Istighfaar (seeking Allaah's forgiveness) & dhikr."

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